Mad About You - The Complete First Season
by Barnet Kellman, Craig Knizek, David Steinberg, Dennis Erdman, Gordon Hunt
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Actor: Anne Ramsay, Helen Hunt, John Pankow, Maui, Paul ReiserDirector: Barnet Kellman, Craig Knizek, David Steinberg, Dennis Erdman, Gordon Hunt
Brand: Mad
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Digital Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 490 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of Mad About You - The Complete First Season
DVD Review: Cute and Entertaining
Summary: 3 Stars
Every time I sit through the opening titles of "Mad About You," I see the same credit pop up: "Created by Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson."
It took two people. Two people. To get this concept: We have a guy. . .and a girl. . .and they're pretty newly married and they. . .live. . .in New York.
I just can't imagine how many sleepless nights Mr. Reiser and Mr. Jacobson spent locked in a room together before they hammered out the subtleties of that arrangement.
But I shouldn't criticize, because the truth is that many successful and entertaining sitcoms ("Friends," for one) aren't built upon stellar concepts so much as solid writing and comic delivery. So it is with "Mad About You," a show that, although probably not up for many "Funniest Show of the Century" awards, is a nice way to spend 23 minutes of your life.
The show is about Paul (Paul Reiser) and Jamie (Helen Hunt) Buchman, newlyweds who live in the City. Paul is a documentary filmmaker, which sometimes comes into play, and Jamie does something at a PR firm, which is really not important. They have friends, too: Mark and Fran, Jamie's sister Lisa and Paul's friend Selby who, somewhere near the middle of the first season, undergoes a strange metamorphasis and changes actors and becomes Paul's cousin Ira. There is nothing notably different about these two characters.
But, anyway. The cornerstone of the show is definitely Paul and Jamie's relationship. I'm amazed at how often their dynamic echoes that of me and my wife. Paul is wise-cracking and pretty laidback in an obsessive, neurotic sort of way; Jamie is more high-strung and worrisome, also in a neurotic sort of way. They make a cute couple.
And that's what the show has going for it. It's not spellbinding or anything and it's not hillarious. But it's fun. You may forget the episode you just watched immediately after turning off your television, but you will not feel like you just completely wasted the time. That's important. Something good to put on when eating a meal or feeding the little precious baby girl. That's what I do.
Highlights of this season are: "Out of the Past," in which Paul gets the chance to catch up with an old crush; "Sunday Times," in which the two decide they should go do something on Sunday, but can't seem to actually get out to do it; "Sofa's Choice," all about buying a couch. . .or love seat, really; "Token Friend," in which Paul encounters a bitter former film student who blames Paul for his life failures; "Maid About You," where Paul has a hard time letting a hired maid clean up the place without helping her; "The Apartment," in which Jamie wants Paul to end the lease on his old bachelor pad; "Love Among the Tiles," which sticks them inside a bathroom for the entire episode; and "Met Someone," my personal favorite, a charming flashback to when Paul and Jamie met.
Special guest stars is also the name of the game this season, especially on Disc 2. Michael Richards has a cameo as his "Seinfeld" character Kramer in "The Apartment"; "The Man Who Said Hello" centers on Regis Philbin; and "The Spy Girl Who Loved Me" stars Barbara Feldon as an Diana Rigg-type star.
These stars have varying degrees of success, but one disappointment was the episode "The Billionaire," starring Jerry Lewis. I know how the writers wrote this episode: "So, we found out that we can get Jerry Lewis." "Great! Let's write an episode for it." "Okay! Any ideas?" "No!" The episode is obsessed with using Mr. Lewis as much as possible, which is fine and great and it's nice to see him on screen. . .but the way in which they write him into the show is incredibly contrived. His storyline is never even wrapped up. He just blows in and out of Paul and Jamie's life like a hurricane. . .which might work but really, really doesn't.
All in all, however, it's a nice little set. And get it now if you're interested because they discontinued the hop to DVD for "Mad About You" after Season 2. But you can witness the beginning of a show that was one of NBC's most reliable comedies for years. It's worth a viewing.
Description of Mad About You - The Complete First Season
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Run time: 490 minutes Rating: NrBestsellers in DVD
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